Took the family on a road trip in the new 09 scion xb, 4 days in Lake Tahoe, Me the wife and my two teenage girls. I dont know about your family but my wife/girls like to bring there whole closet with them, so I was kinda nervous about space so I hooked up the tow hitch box just to be safe. My wife sprung on me that my oldest was bringing a freind! WTF?? We dont have the room! I started loading the back of the car with all the bags and holly crap! it ALL fit in the back including my daughters friends stuff, I even made a little view hole for the rearview mirror. So I took off the box and away we went!. Car ran great. my average fuel use went up from 23.2 to 24.8 mpg, No problem climbing the steep grades. I thought the car was going to bottom out on the big bumps but no worries she ran like a champ the whole 600 miles. Very impressed! Great little/BIG car!

 

good to hear!

 

That is good to hear! I have a road trip coming up Labor Day weekend.

 

Cool man, we are going on a long trip too up to Blue Ridge Parkway in September and can't wait to load the box up!

 

san jose to lake tahoe? wow! it went through some good climbs. that's really good to hear

 

ok what people arent mentioning. wow 4 girls on a trip. dude that was extreme driving...lol

yeah took a trip from seattle to spokane in may. was very fun drive. didnt have 5 people but had 3 people. way to spokane was light comming back was different. had to actually put one side of the split seat down. roommates sone was comming back from grandmas house. had his bags and some stuff my roommates mom gave her.